The horror! The horror! |
I started this blog as an examination of Grindhouse's financial failureand how its inability to bring in the box office bacon represents the sorry state of the industry at large. Basically, that the ...
Posted by Elissa on Wed, 30 May 2007 02:16:00 PST |
An open message to Edward Norton |
Dear Edward,
As I currently read Motherless Brooklyn, I twitter with excitement at the thought of you portraying the book's ticcing, tapping Tourettic protagonist, Lionel Essrog, in the forthc...
Posted by Elissa on Sat, 17 Mar 2007 12:26:00 PST |
Hannibal strikes again&or for the first time&or whatever& |
Ah, so a monster isn't born. He's created.
To that I say this:
How disappointing.
Guess I should issue my standard *spoiler warning*&
To its credit, Hannibal Rising looks great. I enjoyed the cinemato...
Posted by Elissa on Sat, 10 Feb 2007 08:49:00 PST |
Wanna climb into my hole? |
But I must first warn you that sightless, slimy, flesh-eating albinos lurk in its deepest and darkest recesses...
*******
Go see The Descent, my people. All those stellar reviews it's been getting, as...
Posted by Elissa on Fri, 18 Aug 2006 05:40:00 PST |
Why M. Night Shyamalan is Hollywood's Most Misunderstood Filmmaker |
The answer is quite simple, actually:
It's because moviegoers are lazy and refuse to consider that a symbol (a narf? a seemingly primitive village? an alien?) is exactly that, and not an entit...
Posted by Elissa on Thu, 03 Aug 2006 08:05:00 PST |
Journey of Light: An Aesthetic Study of Rock-Star Style |
As many of you (unwillingly) know, I spend a lot of time loving and promoting the music of HIM -- as well as entertaining soft-core (yeah right) fantasies about the band's lead singer, lone songw...
Posted by Elissa on Tue, 01 Aug 2006 03:41:00 PST |
Hey, Bill Nighy: You totally rocked those tentacles! |
I saw Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest a few days ago with my folks. I guess I have to issue a *spoiler warning* just to be safe...but I'm not much interested in discussing the (underde...
Posted by Elissa on Fri, 14 Jul 2006 06:37:00 PST |
A cautionary tale of greed and deception |
So Chris and I just returned from seeing Cars. Totally cute and clever film, btw. It made me cry...Chris said he was reminded of Godzilla 2000. Funny, the things that upset me...but funnier what happe...
Posted by Elissa on Sat, 01 Jul 2006 07:29:00 PST |
Vedder bares his beautiful soul; Elissa weeps like a little girl |
Pearl Jam at US Bank Arena, Saturday, June 24
One word: amazing. If you haven't seen Pearl Jam live, then you haven't lived. I seriously question how I've been a loyal fan for the past 14 years withou...
Posted by Elissa on Mon, 26 Jun 2006 04:49:00 PST |
Do you catch my (Tokyo) drift? |
Okay, so I've just returned from The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift. "Why the fuck would you even see that movie?!" you must be wondering. Well, if you haven't noticed on Chris's MySpace page, he m...
Posted by Elissa on Sat, 24 Jun 2006 07:22:00 PST |
